Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Peter Bell, Brazos County, Texas, 1868
Peter Bell registered to vote in Brazos County on January 27, 1868. He reported 18 years in Texas. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.
- 18 years
- In Texas
- about 1850
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1850 to 1870
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In Brazos County
Peter Bell
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Peter Bell
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Registered
- January 27, 1868
- Years in Texas
- 18 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Bell in Brazos County
- David Bellreached Texas about 1861
- Edward Bellreached Texas about 1854
- Julius Bellreached Texas about 1848
- Mumford Bellreached Texas about 1857
- Thomas Bellreached Texas about 1865
Bells elsewhere in Texas
Sources
This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 29 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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